K-Social-Studies-October

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Grade: Kindergarten

Month: October

Main Concept

  1. My Family





Guiding Questions

  • What is a family?
  • Who is in my family?
  • Where does my family live?
  • How are families alike and different?





Theme/Content Skills

  • Identity

1.My Family
  • My family and other families are alike and different


Key Terms

  • Family
  • Culture
  • Father
  • Mother
  • Brother
  • Sister
  • Aunt
  • Uncle
  • Home





Holidays

  • Columbus Day


Student Outcomes


  • Students will state who is in their family.
  • Students will state where their family lives.
  • Students will understand that there are similiarites and differences between families.
  • Students will recognize holidays and celebrations as a way of preserving a family's cultures.





Assessment/Project

  • Identify members of their family - Create Family Tree or other Family Project that identifies all members of their family
  • Class Graph - People in Family (to see how they are alike and different)
  • Family Quilt - Design
  • Draw a picture of home and family - label





Resources for Students


  • www.starfall.com - Learn to Read - My Family (Story #15)
  • www.readinga-z.com - My Family (Level aa) All Kinds of Families (Level E) Families (Level I)
  • Variety of children books about families (some Mercer Mayer books: Just My Mom and I) - to be updated
  • www.brainpopjr.com - Social Studies: Holidays - Columbus Day


Resources for Teachers

  • Harcourt Horizons - All About Me - Teacher's Edition
-Unit 4 - Looking At People - Lesson 1, Lesson 2





Field Trip Suggestions

  • *None for this unit (Possibly have a family member of students come in to share family recipes)